DiMenna Children's History Museum

About DiMenna Children's History Museum

The DiMenna Children’s History Museum is part of the New-York Historical Society on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Opened in 2011, it focuses on hands-on exhibitions and family programs that introduce U.S. history through objects, storytelling, and interactive play. Programming often connects children to the city’s past, from classroom-style workshops to gallery activities tied to New York themes. The museum’s best moments are quiet and close-up, when a single artifact becomes a prompt for questions rather than a lesson.